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fire, as a stripper at lafenwa market

1/9/2022

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By Osho Olaìítan Jeremiah
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(After Shitta Faruq)

​i do not know why this grief glues to my country name/

its bond— a blood thick coffee in summer/ striking the face of a mother and her little son into a roaring folktale. since, i become the togetherness of bleak drops of melancholic crystal of liquid forming waves in the shores of my eyes.

the other day, there were bullets forming the teeth of Lagosians at the toll gate.
today, a lecturer's note on how to count more souls smouldering away from their bodies than more money crawling into their purses.


à tous les jésus qui sont allés sans au revoir, vous nous manquerez!
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Writer's Biography

Osho Olaìítan Jeremiah
is a young Nigerian poet, teacher, and student blending his words into pieces of writing from the beautiful city of Abeokuta, Ogun State. He is an undergraduate at Lagos State University. He has poems published/forthcoming in Litround, Naijahotstars, Madswirl, Communicator's League, Arts Lounge, and elsewhere. 
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When he's not writing poems, he's drafting lesson plans, cycling, or walking side by side with a twin sister.

1 Comment
Ginika Ifeabunike
14/9/2022 10:11:59 am

Vraiment, leur mort est très triste. To be gunned down by your own country that swore to protect you is one of the worst ways to go.

You gave a vivid description in your very short poem, I experienced grief, pain, death, betrayal in this brief but very deep poem, and I absolutely love the language inflection.

Vive la France!!!

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